Illinois Employers Must Provide Sexual Harassment Training
The Illinois General Assembly has amended the Illinois Human Rights Act (the “Act") to require Illinois employers to provide annual sexual harassment prevention training by December 31, 2020 and annually thereafter. Restaurants and bars are further required to establish and disseminate a written policy on sexual harassment prevention training and provide "supplemental" sexual harassment prevention training. The sexual harassment training program must meet or exceed the minimum standards for sexual harassment prevention training outlined in the Act. This new requirement broadly applies to all employers who have one or more employees. Such employers must provide sexual harassment prevention training to their...
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